Limaformosa
Limaformosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Lamprophiidae |
Subfamily: | Lamprophiinae |
Genus: | Limaformosa Broadley, , , , , , , & , 2018 |
Limaformosa is a genus of snakes, commonly known as file snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
Etymology[]
The generic name, Limaformosa, is from Latin lima meaning "file" + formosa meaning "beautifully formed".[1]
Species[]
There are six recognized species in the genus:[1]
- Limaformosa capensis (A. Smith, 1847) – Cape file snake
- (Stejneger, 1893) – unicolor file snake
- (Boulenger, 1895) – Crosse's file snake
- (Mocquard, 1887) – Mocquard's file snake
- (Mocquard, 1887) – Congo file snake
- (Bogert, 1940) – Angolan file snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Limaformosa.
References[]
Further reading[]
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Gonionotophis, new genus, p. 323).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Mehelya, p. 78).
- Broadley, Donald G.; Tolley, Krystal A.; Conradie, Werner; Wishart, Sarah; Trape, Jean-François; Burger, Marius; Kusamba, Chifundera; Zassi-Boulou, Ange-Ghislain; Greenbaum, Eli (2018). "A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes Gonionotophis Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae)". African Journal of Herpetology 67 (1): 43–60. (Limaformosa, new genus).
Categories:
- Lamprophiidae
- Snake genera
- Snake stubs